Blender 3D by Example

Design a complete workflow with Blender to create stunning 3D scenes and films step-by-step!

About This Book

• Give life to a character within a full animated short film by learning the rigging and animation process
• Make use of the powerful tools available in Blender to produce professional-quality 3D characters and environments
• Discover advanced techniques by adding fur to a character, creating a grass field, and fine-tuning a shot with post-processing effects to enhance your creations

Who This Book Is For

This book will give any beginner the necessary skills and knowledge to create own 3D projects with Blender. You don't need to have any previous experience in 3D modeling, but if you do, then this book is a great way get you started with Blender. This book is for anyone who wants to learn Blender by creating concrete projects.

What You Will Learn

• Understand the basics of 3D and how to navigate your way around the Blender interface
• Create a 3D robot toy model from start to finish using the basic modeling tools of Blender
• Make a full alien character using the skin mesh modifier and the sculpting tools with an artistic approach
• Use re-topology techniques to create a clean 3D version of the previously sculpted alien
• Model a full haunted house and its environment using more advanced modeling tools and techniques such as the Array Modifier, Instance duplication, or Curves
• Discover the power of the texture paint tool in order to add color to the haunted house
• Get to know the Cycles render engine by creating different materials for the house and the environment

In Detail

Blender is a powerful tool, stable, with an integral workflow that will allow you to understand your learning of 3D creation with serenity. Today, it is considered to be one of the most complete 3D packages on the market and it is free and open source! It is very efficient for many types of productions, such as 3D animated or live action films, architecture, research, or even game creation with its integrated game engine and its use of the Python language. Moreover, Blender has an active community that contributes to expanding its functionalities. Today, it is used in many professional products and by many companies.

Through this book, you will create many types of concert projects using a step-by-step approach. You will start by getting to know the modeling tools available in Blender as you create a 3D robot toy. Then, you will discover more advanced techniques such as sculpting and re-topology by creating a funny alien character. After that, you will create a full haunted house scene.

For the last project, you will create a short film featuring a rat cowboy shooting cheese in a rat trap! This will be a more complex project in which you learn how to rig, animate, compose advanced material, composite, and edit a full sequence.

Each project in this book will give you more practice and increase your knowledge of the Blender tools. By the end of this book, you will master a workflow that you will be able to apply to your own creations.

Style and approach

This is an easy-to-follow book that is based on four concrete projects, with increasing levels of difficulty. Each chapter will teach you how to create these projects step-by-step. New tools and techniques are introduced in a theoretical and practical way, so you can apply them in your own projects later.

使用Blender設計完整的工作流程，逐步創建令人驚嘆的3D場景和電影！

關於本書
- 通過學習骨骼系統和動畫過程，為角色創建完整的動畫短片
- 利用Blender中強大的工具，製作專業質量的3D角色和環境
- 通過為角色添加毛髮、創建草地和使用後期處理效果來微調鏡頭，探索高級技巧，以增強您的創作

適合對象
本書將為任何初學者提供使用Blender創建自己的3D項目所需的技能和知識。您不需要有任何先前的3D建模經驗，但如果有的話，本書是讓您開始使用Blender的絕佳方式。本書適合任何想通過創建具體項目來學習Blender的人。

學到什麼
- 了解3D的基礎知識以及如何在Blender界面中進行導航
- 使用Blender的基本建模工具從頭到尾創建一個3D機器人玩具模型
- 使用皮膚網格修改器和雕刻工具以藝術的方式創建完整的外星人角色
- 使用重新拓撲技術創建之前雕刻的外星人的乾淨3D版本
- 使用更高級的建模工具和技術（如數組修改器、實例複製或曲線）建模一個完整的鬧鬼屋及其環境
- 通過使用紋理繪製工具為鬧鬼屋添加顏色
- 通過為房屋和環境創建不同材質來了解Cycles渲染引擎

詳細內容
Blender是一個強大的工具，穩定且具有完整的工作流程，讓您能夠以輕鬆的方式理解3D創作。如今，它被認為是市場上最完整的3D軟件之一，而且它是免費且開源的！它非常適用於許多類型的製作，例如3D動畫或實景電影、建築、研究，甚至是遊戲創作，因為它具有集成的遊戲引擎和使用Python語言的能力。此外，Blender還擁有一個活躍的社區，為擴展其功能做出貢獻。如今，它被許多專業產品和公司使用。

通過本書，您將使用逐步方法創建多種類型的具體項目。您將從熟悉Blender中的建模工具開始，創建一個3D機器人玩具。然後，通過創建一個有趣的外星人角色，您將了解更高級的技術，如雕刻和重新拓撲。之後，您將創建一個完整的鬧鬼屋場景。

在最後一個項目中，您將創建一部短片，其中一隻老鼠牛仔在老鼠夾中射出奶酪！這將是一個更複雜的項目，您將學習如何設置骨骼、動畫、合成高級材質、合成和編輯完整的序列。

本書中的每個項目都將為您提供更多練習，並增加您對Blender工具的了解。通過本書的結尾，您將掌握一種工作流程，可以應用於自己的創作。

風格和方法
本書基於四個具體的項目，難度逐漸增加，易於跟隨。每個章節都將教您如何逐步創建這些項目。新的工具和技術以理論和實踐相結合的方式介紹，以便您以後可以應用於自己的項目中。